Combined shade-bracket and curtain-pole support.



PATENTED AUG. 7, 1906.

W. T. SLAWOSZEWSKI. COMBINED SHADE BRACKET AND CURTAIN POLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29, 1965.

ghweuioz 10i humus mini): STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VVALERY T. SLAWOS'Z'E'WSKI, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1906.

Application filed ugust 29,1905. seen 110,276,260.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALERY T. SLAWOS- ZEWSKI, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohiohave invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Shade-Bracket and Curtain-Pole Support, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying'drawlngs.

My invention relates to improvements in a combined shade-bracket andcurtain-pole withenlarged portions 7, which prevent the support.

The object of my invention is to provide a 1 device of this character inwhich the shadebracket and pole-support are both vertically andhorizontally adjustable, so that :the same can be readily adjusted tofit windows of different width, and also adapted tozsupportshade-rollers of different widths without cutting the shade-roller.

Another \object of my invention is to provide a device-of this characterwhich is more simple, cheap, and effective than any-device of thischaracter and in which the brackets,

may be placed in approximately the proper place and the same adjustmentto suit the shade-roller, which is the reverseof the usual method.

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure 1; is a front elevationofa-window-fiamashowring my improved bracket for supportingthe fshade-roller and curtain-pole and .also;-show-. ing the bracket appliedfor supporting the picture-molding. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig.1, showing more specifically the relative positions of the shade-roller,the curtainpole, and the picture-molding. enlarged perspective view ofone of the brackets, showing more specifically the 'cur-' tain pole andshade-roller supporting means.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 repreand injuring the woodwork of thewindow frame. The said screw-eyes 2,as shown, have Fig. 3 is an;

vertically disposed openings 4, through which passes the pole andshade-roller supaportingrod5,'which is-adapted to be adjusted within thescrew-eyes for either vertically or horizontally adjusting both theshade and curtain. The said -screw-eyes are provided with set-screws 6,which pass through the r-screw-eyes andintersect the openings 4 and areadapted to engage the rods 5 and hold them in their adjusted positionwithin the screw-eyes.

The upper ends of the rods 5 areprovided 10, through which thelaterally-turned arms :8 pass and upon which the said shadeibraokets areadapted to be oscillated. The lower sides .ofsaid sleeve are providedwith set-screws 11, by means of which the sleeve is held in its adjustedposition, the said sleeves being=adjustable longitudinallyonthe :arms 8for bringingthe shade nearer or farther away from the window, asdesired.

Loosely carried by the outer ends of the arms 8 are elongated sleeves'12, which are longitudinally adjustable on the arms and which are heldthereon against rotation or longitudinal movement by means :of set:screws 13, which engage the arms 8. The said sleeves, as clearly shown,are externally screw-threaded for holding the curtain-polesupportingarms, whereby the poles of different sizes :and diameters may be readilyheld in proper position. The pole-supporting brackets consist of twoindependent memhere '15 and 16, having screw-thr'eadedopenings 17, whichare screwed upon the sleeves 12, and said members 15 and 16 are providedwith upwardly-extending arms 18 and 19, between which the curtain-polepasses, the poleresting upon the sleeves 12 and the arms preventing ofany lateral movement thereof. It will be readily seen that the ro-:tation of either of the members15 or 16 on the sleeve 12 will cause thesame to move longitudinally on the sleeve, and thus increase the spacebetween the arms 18 and 19 for receiving poles of different size andalso allowing of the arms being oscillated for keeping them in avertical position when the device is adjusted to receive a shade-rollerof greater or less width. The outer arm 16 is provided with a set-screw20, by means of which the pole is firmly clamped between the arms and 16and held. against longitudinal movement. The extreme outer ends of thelaterally-turned arms 8 have balls carried thereby for ornamentation andalso for preventing the sleeve from passing-therefrom when theset-screws are released.

As shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1 of the drawings, the screw-eyes may berelatively angularly adjusted and the rods either ex." tended downwardor upward, and thus vertically and horizontally adjusting theshadebracket and the pole-supporting member, the same being adjustable,as heretofore described, so that they may be adjusted in a verticalposition, and thus my device is laced approximately in the properposition, but is adjusted to suit the width of the shade to be used andalso vertically adjustable, as

desired.

While I have shown my bracket especially applied for supporting theshade-rollerand curtain-pole, it is understood that the same could bereadily used in supporting the picture-molding 21, which allows of theready placing of the molding thereon and also prevents the injury of thewall by the nailing of the molding thereon. These brackets are placedfrom six to eight feet apart on the wall, but may be placed'any distanceapart. As shown in Fig. 2, the brackets 2 and rods 5 are precisely likethe form used for supporting the shade-roller and curtain-pole, with theexception that it is not provided with the screw-threaded sleeves 12,but is provided with a sleeve 22, which is slidably mounted .on thelaterally-turned end of the bar and is provided with a set-screw 23, bymeans of which the sleeve is held in its adjusted position. The upperface of said sleeve is provided with an upwardly-extending lug 24, whichis adapted to engage the molding 21, and said lug having a set-screw 25,which firmly clamps the same against the vertical portion of the bar,and thus the molding is removably supported. The raising and lowering ofthe molding is accom plished in precisely the same manner as the raisingand lowering of the shade-bracket and curtain-pole supporting means.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a vertical frame, of a member carried by theframe and relato, an arm vertically adjustably supported by the saidmember, and a shade-bracket horizontally adjustable on said arm and relatively angularly adjustable in respect to said arm.

2. The combination with a vertical frame, of a member carried by theframe and relatively angularly adjustable in respect thereto, an armvertically adjustably supported by the said member, and pole and shadebrackets horizontally adjustable on said arm and relatively angularlyadjustable in respect to said arm.

I 3. The combination with a vertical frame,

of members carried by the frame and relatively angularly adjustable inrespect thereto, arms vertically adjustably supported by the saidmembers, shade and curtain-pole brackets carried by said members andmeans whereby the curtain-pole and shade brackets may be relativelyangularly adjustable in respect to said arms. 1. The combination with avertical frame, of screw-eyes carried by the frame and relativelyangularly adjustable in respect thereto, rods vertically adjustable insaid screweyes, shade and curtain-pole brackets carried by said rods,and longitudinally adjustable thereon, and relatively angularlyadjustable in respect to said rods.

5. The combination with a vertical frame, of screw-eyes carried by theframe and relatively and angularly adjustable in respect thereto, rodsadjustably held in said screweyes, said rods having laterally-turnedhori zontal lower ends, and shade and curtainpole bracketslongitudinally adjustable on the horizontal lower ends, and relativelyangularly adjustable in respect thereto.

6. The combination with a vertical frame, of screw-eyes carried therebyand relatively angularly adjustable in respect thereto,vertically-disposed adjustable rods carried by said eyes, set-screwscarried by the eyes for holding said rods in their adjusted position,said rods having laterally-turned horizontal lower ends and shade andcurtain-pole brackets longitudinally adjustably held upon saidlaterally-turned ends of the rods and relatively angularly adjustable inrespect thereto.

7. The combination with a vertical frame, of screw-eyes relativelyangularly adjustable in respect thereto, vertically-disposed adjustablerods carried by said eyes, set-screws 1 6 5 tively angularly adjustablein respect thereing said sleeves on the rods, nuts screwed -upon saidsleeves and having radially-extending arms between which thecurtain-pole is adapted to rest, and set-screws carried by the saidradial arms for engaging and holding the curtain-pole.

8. The combination with a vertical frame, of screw-eyes carried therebyand relatively angularly adjustable in respect thereto, rods adjustablyheld in said screw-eyes and having laterally-turned lower ends, a polesup ported by said laterally-turned ends, and a sliding sleeve carriedby the laterally-turned end and having an upwardly-extending lug adaptedto engage the pole and clamp the same against the rod and means forholding said sleeve in its adjusted position.

9. The combination with a vertical frame, of screw-eyes carried therebyand relatively angularly adjustable in respect thereto, rods adjustablyheld in said screw-eyes and hav ing laterally-turned lower ends, a polesupported by said laterally-turned ends, and a sleeve slidably mountedupon the laterallyturned ends on the outside of the poleand adapted toclamp the pole thereon.

' In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

WALERY T. SLAWOSZEWSKI.

Witnesses:

L. P. SMITH, FREDERICK C. SOHAAL.

